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Description Vertical aerial photograph taken during the daylight attack on the German secret weapon (V3) site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France, showing a Handley Page Halifax flying over the target as exploding bombs send smoke and clouds of dust into the air.
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This photograph C 4458 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-11)
Author Royal Air Force official photographer
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current20:18, 24 July 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:18, 24 July 2019272 × 345 (53 KB)Tibet Nation (talk | contribs)File:Overlordheavybombing.jpg cropped 66 % horizontally, 40 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.

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